Roger Clemens

Chronology of Coverage

Nov. 13, 2014

Former trainer Brian McNamee's defamation suit against Roger Clemens continues as MLB commissioner Bud Selig, whose legacy is clearly hanging in the balance, prepares to depart his office at end of January. MORE

Jan. 11, 2013

Editorial on no players being elected into Baseball Hall of Fame; contends that resounding rejection of even Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens--two of baseball's all-time best--is part of legacy of steroids in baseball, and transition away from steroids era will be faster if its taint is kept out of Hall of Fame. MORE

Jan. 10, 2013

Voters for Baseball Hall of Fame reject candidacies of Barry Bonds and Roger Clemons in the most resounding referendum yet on the legacy of steroids in the sport; in their first year on the ballot, perhaps the most decorated hitter and pitcher in the game's history fell far short of receiving the necessary 75 percent of votes from baseball writers. MORE

Jan. 9, 2013

Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds have indisputable Hall of Fame statistics, but when 2013 balloting is announced, their association with performance-enhancing drugs could figure significantly; players linked to steroid use are often rejected from membership, despite fact that many past inductees have been racists, drunks, cheats and drug users. MORE

Dec. 2, 2012

Survey shows that Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa do not have enough votes to get into Baseball Hall of Fame. MORE

Aug. 26, 2012

Veteran baseball pitcher Roger Clemens starts a game for the first time since 2007, pitching for the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Atlantic League; shows surprising command and wrings an impressive performance out of his 50-year-old body, throwing 37 pitches, 24 of which are strikes. MORE

Aug. 23, 2012

Tyler Kepner On Baseball column speculates that it is feasible that the Houston Astros could sign pitcher Roger Clemens, who has been acquitted of charges that he lied to congress about having used human growth hormone and is now returning to professional baseball with the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Atlantic League. MORE

Jun. 19, 2012

Roger Clemens, who intimidated even the toughest batters while becoming one of the best pitchers in baseball history, is acquitted of all charges that he lied to Congress in 2008 when he insisted he never used steroids or human growth hormone; verdict is a significant defeat for the government in its second failed attempt at convicting Clemens and is likely to fuel criticism for investing time and money in the case. MORE

Jun. 19, 2012

Former major league stars Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa, all of whom have had their reputations tarnished by highly publicized links to performance-enhancing drugs, will be appearing for the first time on the 2013 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot; voters have not been warm to previous candidates tied to doping. MORE

Jun. 13, 2012

Federal prosecutors press for a conviction during closing arguments in the perjury trial of Roger Clemens, saying it is obvious that Clemens lied to Congress about his performance-enhancing drug use; Clemens's lawyers insist that the government has failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. MORE

Jun. 7, 2012

MLB Roundup; Eileen McNamee, the soon-to-be-ex-wife of former trainer Brian McNamee, contradicts her husband's testimony at Roger Clemens perjury trial; denies that he told her about injecting Clemens with performance-enhancing drugs; baseball scores noted. MORE

May. 25, 2012

MLB Roundup; former major leaguer David Segui testifies for the prosecution in the Roger Clemens perjury trial, echoing testimony given by Clemens's former trainer Brian McNamee; other baseball items noted. MORE

May. 24, 2012

MLB Roundup; Judge Reggie Walton, presiding over the Roger Clemens perjury trial, is expected to decide if prosecutors can call two witnesses to counter an overall impression of material witness Brian McNamee created by Clemens’s defense team; MLB results noted. MORE

May. 19, 2012

Brian McNamee, the former trainer to Roger Clemens, spends his fifth day on the stand in Clemens's perjury trial and endures harsh cross-examination by Clemens’s lead lawyer Rusty Hardin. MORE

May. 18, 2012

Roger Clemens's lawyer Rusty Hardin cross examines former trainer Brain McNamee, the only government witness to claim firsthand knowledge of Clemens's use of steroids and human growth hormone; relentlessly tries to convince the jury that McNamee cannot be trusted. MORE

May. 17, 2012

Defense team for Roger Clemens cross-examines Brian McNamee, who claims firsthand knowledge that Clemens took performance-enhancing drugs, calling McNamee's motive and integrity into question. MORE

May. 16, 2012

Perjury trial of former MLB pitcher Roger Clemens is in its fifth week--with government's star witness Brian McNamee on the stand--and already, two jurors have been dismissed for falling asleep. MORE

May. 11, 2012

MLB Roundup; New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman testifies at Roger Clemens's perjury trial that he did not want to hire Brian McNamee as Clemens's personal trainer after 1999 season; other baseball news noted. MORE

May. 10, 2012

MLB Roundup; with Brian McNamee, Roger Clemens’s former trainer, on deck to testify, the trial turns into the tale of a mail label from a package of human growth hormone that was supposedly intended for Clemens. MORE

May. 9, 2012

MLB Roundup; Judge Reggie Walton lectures prosecutors and defense lawyers in perjury case against Roger Clemens that the proceedings are plodding along so slowly that jurors are losing interest; urges them to stop asking unnecessary questions and showing needless photographs; other baseball news and results noted. MORE

May. 8, 2012

MLB Roundup; Judge Reggie Walton will not allow prosecutors in the Roger Clemens perjury trial to show Clemens' 2008 interview with 60 Minutes because of attorney-client privileges; other baseball results and news noted. MORE

May. 4, 2012

MLB Roundup; jurors in Roger Clemens's perjury trial get first look at evidence; other news noted; MLB results noted. MORE

May. 3, 2012

New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte testifies in government's federal perjury trial against Roger Clemens, saying he unsure about what his former teammate told him about his alleged use of human growth hormone; backpedals from earlier testimony in what is a huge blow to the prosecution against Clemens. MORE

May. 2, 2012

New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte testifies in federal court that he has used human growth hormone and that Roger Clemens admitted to using the performance-enhancing drug, too; while his testimony is not a surprise, the courtroom scene is one that has been dreaded because it pits two former teammates who had a close relationship against each other. MORE

May. 1, 2012

MLB Roundup; Roger Clemens's lead lawyer Rusty Hardin seeks to undermine the government's perjury case by painting Clemens's testimony before Congress as merely for show and not in the greater public interest; MLB scores and news noted. MORE

Apr. 25, 2012

Roger Clemens's defense attorney Rusty Hardin gives his opening statement, in which he casts Clemens in the role of victim in the government's perjury case against him. MORE

Apr. 24, 2012

Jury is seated for Roger Clemens’s perjury trial and the government gives its opening statement, claiming that the MLB pitching great lied to Congress about his alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs and sacrificed relationships to protect his legacy. MORE

Apr. 19, 2012

MLB Roundup; defense in Roger Clemens perjury trial are seeking to limit the testimony of Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte; as one of the government’s key witnesses, Pettitte is expected to tell jurors that Clemens told him in 1999 that he had used human growth hormone. MORE

Apr. 13, 2012

Retrial is set to begin in perjury case against Roger Clemens, seven-time CY Young Award winner who is charged with making false statements and obstruction of Congress; Clemens faces a maximum of 30 years in prison if convicted on all counts; government contends that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his career and that he lied about that drug use when he testified to Congress in 2008. MORE

Jul. 15, 2011

Federal Judge Reggie Walton declares a mistrial in perjury case against former MLB pitcher Roger Clemens, saying government made a fatal misstep in presenting inadmissible testimony that prejudiced the jury against Clemens. MORE

Jul. 15, 2011

George Vecsey Sports of The Times column on mistrial declared in the federal perjury case against former MLB pitcher Roger Clemens; asserts that if Clemens's trial never gets back to court, he will have his future liberty guaranteed, although not his full reputation. MORE

Jul. 14, 2011

Federal perjury trial against former MLB pitcher Roger Clemens begins with the government insisting it has overwhelming proof that Clemens lied to Congress when he said he never used performance-enhancing drugs, but the defense says the government's main witness Brian McNamee, onetime trainer to Clemens, is a fraud. MORE

Jul. 13, 2011

Jury is selected for perjury trial of former MLB pitcher Roger Clemens, and opening arguments are set to begin. MORE

Jul. 7, 2011

Federal perjury trial of former MLB pitcher Roger Clemens commences; Clemens is accused of lying to Congress in a 2008 deposition when he claimed that he never used performance-enhancing drugs; nearly 140 people, including some of the most high-profile players in recent baseball history, are listed as possible witnesses. MORE

Jul. 2, 2011

Jonathan Mahler Sports of The Times column presents arguments for why doping cases against cyclist Lance Armstrong and pitcher Roger Clemens, both investigated by Food and Drug Administration agent Jeff Novitzky, are not worth pursuing. MORE

Jun. 24, 2011

Federal Judge Reggie Walton rules that some interview notes regarding Roger Clemens's alleged use of performance-enhancers are not protected as work product privilege; orders authors of independent Mitchell report about steroids use in professional baseball to turn over their notes to Clemens's defense team, with commencement of his perjury trial days away. MORE

Apr. 22, 2011

Federal Judge Reggie Walton denies Roger Clemens access to some Congressional documents, and Clemens's lawyers say they will question the trustworthiness of a government witness in the perjury case against the former MLB pitcher. MORE

Apr. 18, 2011

Legal experts are split on whether Roger Clemens, facing perjury charges, will fare worse in front of a jury than Barry Bonds did, comparing strength of evidence and weighing significance of Clemens's defiant testimony before Congress. MORE

Mar. 23, 2011

William C Rhoden Sports of The Times column notes a key difference in perjury trials of Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens is the willingness of former associates to testify about baseball stars' access to steroids. MORE

Mar. 3, 2011

George Vecsey Sports of The Times column profiles federal Judge Reggie B Walton, who will preside over the perjury trial of former MLB pitcher Roger Clemens, accused of lying to Congress when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs. MORE

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